Here is a link to the RN docs: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/images
A common feature request from developers familiar with the web is background-image. To handle this use case, you can use the
<ImageBackground>
component, which has the same props as<Image>
, and add whatever children to it you would like to layer on top of it.
You might not want to use <ImageBackground>
in some cases, since the implementation is very simple. Refer to <ImageBackground>
's source code for more insight, and create your own custom component when needed.
return (
<ImageBackground source={require('./image.png')} style={{width: '100%', height: '100%'}}>
<Text>Inside</Text>
</ImageBackground>
);
Note that you must specify some width and height style attributes.
Note also that the file path is relative to the directory the component is in.